Important news from Catherine Pooler and StampNation!

Hey friends!  I'm stopping by today to announce a couple things that are about to take place over at StampNation and Catherine Pooler Designs.

   First, I wanted you to know that due to some revamping going on over at StampNation, they won't be able to accept new members thru the whole month of December. If you want to get in on the December Holiday Homecoming fun or you've asked Santa for a subscription you'll have to sign up before Friday, December 1st --->HERE<--- The doors will reopen to new members the first part of January. Current members can check in or check your email to hear all the latest news and upcoming events from StampNation and Catherine Pooler.

And get ready designers......Catherine Pooler is looking for some fun new talent!

Stop by her blog --->HERE<--- for more information on how to apply for a spot on this awesome team of artists and designers.  Good luck!

Paradise Found Release Blog Hop Day 2 - Catherine Pooler Designs

It's blog hop time!  Welcome to Day 2 of the Paradise Found Blog Hop featuring the newest release from Catherine Pooler Designs.  This release features:

• Plaid Background Stamp (rubber cling)

• Winter Woodland Stamps and coordinating dies.

• Wonderful Time of The Year Stamps and coordinating dies.

• Birds of a Feather Dies

• Small Doily Die

Of course the 8 beautiful new Spa Collection ink pads are also available NOW!

1. Royal Treatment
2. Mandarin Spice
3. Eucalyptus
4. Juniper Mist
5. Green Tea
6. Daydream
7. Sauna
8. Peppermint Scrub

 

I made a couple cards for the blog hop today using some of these great new products.  For my first card I used my personal favorite, Winter Woodland Stamps.  The die set is on my wish list but for this card I went ahead and did a little fussy cutting instead.

I stamped the trees, deer and Bunny using Icing on The Cake.  That ink is a little dark so I did some second generation stamping to achieve this lighter shade.  I used the rock and roll technique to add some shadow along one side of each tree.  Then I used the same rock and roll technique on the other side using clear Versamark ink and some white embossing powder.  This added a beautiful frosty snow affect to the trees.

As you can see, I stamped three of the trees directly onto the card front along with some white embossed snowflakes.  I cut out two more trees and raised them with some dimensional tape.  This gave some awesome depth to the woodland scene.

I had the most fun with this cute little deer and bunny.  Because I used second generation to stamp their bodies, they were a nice light brown with great texture!  I added some shadows and depth by using a brown Prismacolor pencil.  This really brought them to life for me and was so easy.  The nose and bow were stamped with Peppermint Scrub.  The blanket is actually half an ornament that I stamped from the Wonderful Time of The Year stamp set with Daydream ink.  The little bird is also stamped with Daydream.

I just had to add some of that wonderful Plaid Background stamp along the side of this card using Eucalyptus ink.  One small strip really catches your eye.

For my next card I used the Wonderful Time of The Year stamp set.  The new inks worked wonderful with this card.   The combination of stamps and inks really gave this card a nice traditional feel.  I started out by stamping the sentiment in Midnight ink directly onto the front of the card base. The I stamped the pine branches all around the outside of the card base using Eucalyptus Ink.  I added just a touch of a green Kuretake watercolor marker to the stems and blended them lightly with a water brush.

I stamped and then cut the ornaments out by hand.  I don't have the dies for this set yet but the are definitely a must have!   I used Peppermint Scrub, Sauna and Juniper Mist for the ornaments. The hooks and snowflakes were stamped with clear Versamark ink and embossed with Metallic Gold Sparkle by Wow.

I popped the ornaments up with some dimensional tape and it's ready to mail!

Along with all of these new items, Catherine Pooler  has also added the Naturally Inspired Collection to her online store.  If you didn't have a chance to order this Stamp of Approval Collection last spring, now is your chance!  All of the items are available for individual sale over at the store.  Here are just a few samples of the cards I've made using this awesome collection of stamps and dies!

Naturally Inspired Collection




OK friends, you know the drill! 

• Click the links below to visit our Design Team blogs, get inspired and leave them some love!  
• If you missed Day 1 of the hop you can start that HERE.  
• Be sure to check in tomorrow over at Catherine's blog to hop along with Day 3!
• You’ll have through Friday, November 17 at 11:55 am eastern to leave comments.  
• We’ll randomly pick 3 winners for $25 gift certificates to our shop!

Before you head off to Chrissie's blog, be sure to leave a comment below for another chance to win!

Catherine Pooler
Ilina Crouse
Laurel Beard
Kristie Goulet
Jill Hawkins
Maureen Merritt
Lisa Harrolle <---you are here
Chrissie Tobas <---go here next!


 Thanks for stopping by. 
 Have a great day!!

Naturally Inspired by a new line of inks!!

It's Release Day over at Catherine Pooler Designs!!   Have you seen her new Spa Ink Collection?  Wowee!  I wanted to pop in today to share in some of the excitement.  These inks are a fabulous addition to her whole line.  8 brand new colors, wooohoo!  I can't even choose a favorite so I decided to use them all on this card!

Inks:   Mandarin Spice, Sauna, Green Tea, Eucalyptus, Daydream, Juniper Mist, Royal Treatment and Peppermint Scrub and Midnight.

Stamps:  Simply the Best, Birds of a Feather.  Dies:  Birds of a Feather, Circles.  Paper:  Premium White Cardstock

Here's a closer look!

  There are also some brand new stamps and dies being released today.  This Birds of a Feather die set is one of them!  It's made to coordinate with The Birds of a Feather stamp set that was included last spring in the Stamp of Approval Naturally Inspired Collection.

Well guess what?  The entire Naturally Inspired Collection is NOW AVAILABLE over at the Catherine Pooler Designs online store today!!   If you missed out on this previous Stamp of Approval Collection when it was released, you can now buy these items individually over at Catherine Pooler's store.  Yay!!

Here's one more card I made using the beautiful new colors and some pretty stamps and dies from the

Naturally Inspired Collection.

Inks:  Daydream, Eucalyptus, Green Tea and Midnight

Stamps: Wild Garden, Simply the Best and Winter Woodland (for the dots).  Dies: Best Die, Wild Garden Dies.  

Paper: Premium White Cardstock.

The Wild Garden stamps and coordinating dies are beautiful!

Head on over to Catherine Pooler Designs for a closer look at all of the new stuff!!

Don't miss out on the 3 day blog hop for more of these items in action!!   And of course there will be prizes!!!   Day one is today starting over at Catherine Pooler's blog!  Click HERE!

I'll be participating in Day 2 of the hop so I'll see you all tomorrow!!

Have a great day and Happy Stamping!!

The Ton's November Challenge

Hi everyone. It's the first of the month and it's time for another awesome challenge over at
 The Ton's Challenge Blog: The Season.
For the month of November we are channeling our Holiday spirit.  We know so many of our cardmaking friends will be busy making their Christmas cards this month.  So, as long as you're making them, why not enter this challenge?  You have the whole month of November to enter as many times as you like, for a chance to WIN a $50 gift certificate  for  
The Ton online store.  You can click on the link to head on over and check out the details any time.  But first I'd like to show you a card I made for this month's Holiday Challenge!

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I mixed up a whole bunch of  The Ton's stamps and dies to create this fun but simple card. 

Background
I stamped a tone on tone pattern using the Holly Branch stamp set and The Ton's Hampton White Pigment Ink.  Then I heat embossed the images with some Recollections Glitz embossing powder.  It creates a sparkly soft background that I diecut using the Large Double Stitched Rectangle dies.  I added this panel to the center of a horizontal A2 side folded card base with dimensional tape.

Stamps, Coloring & Dies

I stamped a this large Brushed Merry stamp in The Ton's Ballet Slippers Dye ink, then diecut using the Brushed Merry Coordinating Die.

The girl and tree image from the City Girls Winter Edition stamp set was stamped in The Ton's Copic friendly Noir ink.  Then I had fun coloring in some pretty Christmas colors.  I also used the Coordinating Dies to cut this image out.  Super easy!

To add just a little more color to this card I stamped some holly and berries from the Holiday Flourishes stamp set using The Ton's Lipstick Red and Bright Fern dye inks.  Then I fussy cut around the images to make one piece. 

Assembly

The snow hill on the bottom of the card was cut out by hand and glued directly to the raised embossed panel.  Then I adhered the Brushed Merry centered just above the hill.  I glued the City Girl and holly in place then added some clear sequins from The Ton's Glass Slippers Couture mix.

That's all  for today.  Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you'll make some time this month to join in this fun Holiday Challenge with us over at The Ton Blog.  We love seeing all of your creations and it's so fun to see everyone's interpretation of each challenge.  

Have a great day and Happy Stamping!!